Dress-shield.



No. 759,577. PATENTED MAY 10, 1904. I. L. WILD.

DRESEZ SHIELD.

APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1903..

NO MODEL.

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IRVING LIVINGSTON WVILD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DRESS-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,577, dated y 10,1904:.

Application filed September 5, 1903. Serial No. 172,102. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IRVING LIVINGSTON W ILD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Brooklyn, in the State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Dress-Shields; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to wearing-apparel, and particularly todress-shields.

In shields which are adapted to be placed in the armpits of garments toprotect them from perspiration it is of course desirable that thematerial employed in their construction should be impervious tomoisture. Such shields must be made of two connected parts or flaps, oneto enter the sleeve and the other the body of the garment, in order thatthey may fit the curvature of the armpit.

The union between the two parts of the shield should be made perfectlytight, since a leakage at this point would destroy the value of theentire device. It is further very desirable that the union be such thatthe device may be cleansed by washing without injuring it or causing theconstituent parts to come asunder. It has heretofore been impossible tocombine both these features in shields.

The object of the present invention is to construct a two-part shieldwith a union which is waterproof and which will not be affected bymoisture either during the wearing of the shield or during the washingthereof for the purpose of cleansing it.

Further objects will appear in connection with the following descriptionof my invention.

The present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a side view of my improved shield, parts being brokenaway to more clearly illustrate the construction. Fig. 2 is a transversesection showing the two flaps of which the shield is composed. Fig. 3 isan enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the relation of the partsat the union.

Similar reference characters will be used to indicate correspondingparts throughout the specification and drawings.

The shield illustrated is of the usual form, and consists of twocrescent-shaped flaps 1 and 2, which are secured together at their upperends. Each flap, as shown in Fig. 3, consists of three portions-an outerfabric a, an inner fabric a, and a piece of waterproof material 7),arranged between the fabrics at and a. Instead of separate pieces a andbthere may be simply a coated fabric, the waterproof coating beingarranged adjacent the covering a. The members a and bof the two flaps 1and 2 are united together adjacent their upper edges by means of a rowof stitches 8. These stitches firmly join the two flaps, permitting themto be washed without injuring the union. If the shield were left in thiscondition, however, moisture could percolate through the joint andstitch-holes, rendering the shield useless. The joint or union isrendered perfectly tight by means of a narrow strip 0 of waterproofmaterial, which is doubled over the stitched edges of the parts andcemented or otherwise secured in position without perforating thematerial. The strip 0 need be only wide enough to effectually cover therow of stitches s. Any moisture which would otherwise pass through thejoint between the two flaps or through the stitch-holes will bedeflected by the strip 0, giving the same effect as if the shield werecomposed of a single piece of material.

The covering-piece a may be arranged in any suitable manner, preferablywith its seam t on the inside, as shown in Fig. 3, the parts a, a, and bof each flap 1 being finally united by means of a binding (Z, a row ofstitches passing through the binding material and the material of theflap.

It will be seen that the present invention provides a two-partdress-shield possessing all the advantages of an integral shield. Theseams are all simple, so that the device may be made cheaply and ofgreat strength, while the piece 0 produces a practically continuoussurface of waterproof material. The shield may accordingly be washed andcleansed without openlng any passage through which molsture may leak.

Having described my invention, I claim as for the joint so formedbetween the flaps, sub- IO new and desire to protect by Letters Patentstantially as described.

of the United States In testimony whereof I afiix my signature Adress-shield having in combination, tWo in presence of tWo Witnesses. 5Waterproof flaps laid flat against each other IRVING LIVINGSTON WILD andstitched together near their upper edges, a strip of Waterproof materialfolded over said stitched edges and adhering to the outside faces of theflaps, and a protecting-cover Witnesses:

FRANK HOLLFELDER, TI-IOS. B. MARTIN.

